The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-25
BILL NYE AS A CANDIDATE.
His Friends We're Proud Be-
cause He was so Poor.

References 10 His Lack Of Money-In Spite
of All, the Other Man Somehow Got the
Place-List of Debts.
The heat and venom Of our own
campaign here brings back to my mind
with wonderful clearness the bitter and
acrimonious war and the savage fac
tional fight which characterized my
own Legislative candidacy in what was
known as the Prairie Dog District of
Wyoming. about ten years ago. This
district was known far and wide as the
battle ground of the Territory, and
generally when the sun went down on
the eve of election day the ground had
that dishevelled and torn-up appear
ance peculiar to the grave of Brigham
Young the next day after his aggregat-
ed widow has held her regular annual
snort recital and scalding-tear festival.
hesitated about accepting the nomi-
nation because l knew that Vitupera-
ton would get up on its hind feet and
annoy me greatly, and | had reason to
believe that no pains would be spared
on the part of the management of the
opposition to make my existence per-
feet bore. This turned out to be the
case, and although was nominated in
a way that seemed to indicate perfect
harmony, it was not week before the
opposition organ, to which l had fire.
quently loaned print paper when it
could not get its own G. o. d. paper
out of the express Office, said as follows
in startled and double-leaded tone of
voice:
FORMULATING DISCLOSURE.
"The candidate for Assembly in this
district, whose trans-Missouri name
seems to be Nye, turns out to be the
same man who left Penobscot County,
Me-, in the dark of the moon four
years ago. Mr.. Nye's disappearance
was so mysterious that prominent Pc
nobscotters, especially the sheriff, Of
fercd large reward for his person. 1t
was afterwards learned that he was kid
mapped and taken across The Canadian
line by a high-spirited and high-step-
ping horse valued at 81, 300. Mr.. Nye's
candidacy for the high office to which
he aspires has brought him into such
prominence that at the mass meeting
held last evening in Jimmy Avery's
barber shop he was recognized at once
by Maine man while making telling
speech in favor of putting in stone
culvert at the draw above Mandal's
rancho. The man from Maine, who is
visiting our thriving little town with a
view to locating here and establishing
IN agency for his world-renowned rock
alum axe-hclves, says that Mr. Nye. in
the hurry and rush incident to his de-
parture for Canada, overlooked his
wife and seven little ones, He also
says that the candidates boosted liber-
ality here Is different from the kind he
was using while in Maine, and quotes
the following incident: Two years be-
fore he went away from Penobscot
County one of our present candidates
children was playing on the railroad
track of the Bangor and Moosehead
Lake Railroad, when suddenly there
was wild shrek of the iron horse, a
timid, scared cry of the child, and the
rushing train was upon it. Spectators
turned away in horror. The air seemed
heavy and the sun seemed to stop its
shining. Slowly the long freight train,
loaded with its rich freight of buckle
berries, came to halt. Then glad
cry went up from the assembly as the
broad-shouldere engineer came out of
the tall grass with the growing child in
his arms. Then cheer on cheer rent
the air, and in the midst of 1t all Mr..
Nye appeared. He was told of the cir
cumstance. and, as he wrung the hand
of the engineer, tears stood in his eyes.
Then. reaching in his pocket, he drew
forth card, and writing his autograph
on it, he gave it to the astounded en-
gineer. telling him to use ii wisely and
not fritter it away. But are you not
robbing YOURSELF exclaimed the aston
ished and delighted engineer. No. oh,
no. said the munificent parent Il have
others left And this is the man who
asks our suff'rages Will you vote for
him or for Alick Meyerdinger, the pur-
est one-legged man that ever raped
with his honest knuckles on top of
bar and asked the boys to put maine
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